That’s what I imagined this woman was saying to her companion as she waded into the water. The temperature outside was in the mid-50s and it was raining pretty steadily. (Sam and I were bundled up in our rain gear and we were freezing.) Not only did this bather make it all the way in, but her companion joined her …

Read More

Sam was delighted to discover a rocket ship at the library today. We watched the night sky tonight for signs of the Perseid meteor showers, but it’s just too cloudy over the island tonight.

Read More

Or, “Holding Onto Summer For As Long As We Can.”

Read More

Sam and Anjeli at the park post gymnastics class… a few minutes before the sideways rain soaked us.

Read More

From Mom-Mom and Granddaddy. We are in Trader Joe’s heaven.

Read More

Just east of Rottingdean.

Read More

Brighton & Hove is host to the largest pride parade in the UK every year. We stepped out to catch a bit of the parade hoopla: lots of feather, lots of pink, lots of drag queens, lots of pirates. It reminded me of New Orleans. We saw one particular swashbuckling pirate leave the parade and then later, we saw the …

Read More

Après le cours, le déluge.

Read More

One of Sam’s favorite activities at any park is chasing pigeons and gulls. The pigeons at St. Ann’s Well Gardens are quite fat and she gave these birds a workout.

Read More

A dozen lemurs so far and the ranks keep swelling. Our “Country Club” took the month of June off, and then Sam selected Madagascar for July’s country, possibly because she wanted to watch the eponymous film (which we did). But Madagascar is seeping into August, thanks to this lemur craft we did last week. Take a toilet …

Read More